In Japan, female TV anchors are not just anchors, they are idols. Worship away!
Adored by males for being classier and more grown-up than your typical pop star (they also know stuff about sports and other stuff), the most popular anchors transcend news-reading and can even become actresses and appear in countless commercials.
Itching to cash in on the female sports announcer appeal, SEGA is releasing soccer management title J.LEAGUE Let’s Make A Pro Soccer Club! 6 Pride of J for the PSP.
In the game a bevy of sports anchors make an appearance: Aiko Kaito, Ayako Hatta, Mai Yamagishi, Akiko Osawa, Haruka Washio and Yuri Ito.
How do their in-game versions stack up with the real deal?
セガ、PSP「J.LEAGUE プロサッカークラブをつくろう！6 Pride of J」ゲーム&キャラクタ発表会を秋葉原UDXシアターで開催 [GAME Watch]
chuloopa
Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 1:49 PMwow… hard to tell which one isn’t a real pic on a couple of those
Shoitaan
Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 2:51 PMAgreed
Except for the last one. The rendering just seems flat-out frightening.
k'Fox
Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 2:11 PMO my… uncanny valley… in case of modelling problems, make it worser, people can’t tell the difference
Darius
Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 3:16 PMi reckon the CGI ones all look like they are straight from a inflight safety video
Sagarat
Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 3:21 PMWhy do they all look like the Joker?
Deadlydorito
Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 4:25 PMlol first attractive japanese women i ever see. no offense! they have admirable culture “P